1939 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1939 between Essendon and St Kilda during round five of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Ansell Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Ansell Clarke.

Essendon (14.21.105) defeated St Kilda (8.18.66).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 20 May 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 14.21.105 - 8.18.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 7 7 . 14 11 . 17 14 . 21 14 . 21 (105)
St Kilda 2 . 3 3 . 12 7 . 17 8 . 18 8 . 18 (66)
Margin ESSE by 22 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Jack Baggott

St Kilda

Captain: Ansell Clarke
Coach: Ansell Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 1 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
27 Foley, Ashley ? ? 0 ?
22 Hardiman, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 Lippiatt, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 5 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 5 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 0 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 21

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Clarke, Ansell (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Coles, Clive ? ? 0 ?
11 Curyer, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
6 Fountain, Roy ? ? 1 ?
7 Kelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Lloyd, Stan ? ? 0 ?
9 Lowry, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Maslen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 2 ?
13 O'Donnell, Brendon ? ? 0 ?
12 Rayment, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Robertson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
29 Rose, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
31 Sharp, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
15 Vontom, Clarrie ? ? 3 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 1 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
14 Yewers, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 18

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s